There was no need to keep Saints fans waiting on the retained list.

Saints fans knew that the retained list contained six players in the first team squad, what they didnt know though was that three of them were entitled to new contracts due to clauses being met on their old ones, Saints announced that Jaidi was offered a new deal pretty quickly so that was probably a good time to announce that the other trio had also been offered new deals. The only reason to wait was possibly the trio were not sure they wanted to re sign, I assume that now Saints have announced it that means they have agreed to stay on.

That leaves only two others, David Connolly and Oscar Gobern, its stated that they have to agree their deals although it does confirm they have been offered terms,, again this possibly proves my theory of the the other three signing the automatic extension before its announced, worryingly though it seems that both Connolly & Gobern are not certain to sign, it would have been nice to get both signatures to paper before the summer break, that would enable Nigel Adkins to start to review his squad and decide where he needs to make changes.

With all these contracts being renewed it does leave us with a top heavy squad, one that needs to be trimmed, especially if there is a wages budget and this being the case Adkins has to consider who he can ship out, its going to be a summer of hard thinking for Adkins, one in which he needs to make tough decisions andones made with logic and not sentimentality.  

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legod7 added 11:44 - May 23 Perhaps NA & NC were hoping all six would sign straight away so that they could be announced at the same time. Obviously Jaidi signed, but because Gobern and Connelly have not yet put pen to paper then it was announced to stop any speculation.
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simmo400 added 12:05 - May 23 Saints never give anything away in the transfers rumours. So sit tight and wait Nick. Stop moaning as usual.
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SaintNick added 12:28 - May 23 This wasnt a rumour it was a fact, and this was not moaning it was asking a question
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Kiwifiedpom added 05:33 - May 24 It seems that in some cases you are to quick the criticise, Nick, I was still happy that Saints had gained automatic promotion and looking forward to next year. I thought the ' List came out quite promptly.
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